From gentoo-dev  Tue Feb 07 00:22:22 2017
From: Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm () gmail ! com>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 00:22:22 +0000
To: gentoo-dev
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving OpenRC to a meson-based build
Message-Id: <2425895.ZbzyALpYty () liwardyna>
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On poniedzia=C5=82ek, 30 stycznia 2017 14:04:06 CET William Hubbs wrote:
> All,
>=20
> I have been looking at the meson build system [1] [2], and I like what I
> see.
>=20
> I have opened an issue on OpenRC's github wrt migrating OpenRC to the
> meson build system [3].
>=20
> As I said on the bug, the downside is the addition of py3 and ninja as
> build time dependencies, but I think the upside (a build system where
> we don't have to worry about parallel make issues or portability)
> outweighs that.
>=20
> What do folks think here?

I'd recommend to jump a bandwagon and switch to CMake.

Yes, it's ugly in certain areas, has its quirks but whoever switches to it=
=20
ones, never goes back, and not because of technical debt being too big.

Also because I can help with it (and a lot of folks can), while Meson is st=
ill=20
largely unknown.

=2D-=20
regards
MM
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